From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 17:47:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB56F16A41C; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 17:47:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from S4.cableone.net (smtp4.cableone.net [24.116.0.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A478943D48; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 17:47:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.local.lan (unverified [24.119.122.41]) by S4.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S4) with ESMTP id 24409429 for multiple; Sun, 03 Jul 2005 11:13:45 -0700 Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 12:49:23 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: Jia-Shiun Li Message-ID: <20050703124923.437a0b95@vixen42.local.lan> In-Reply-To: <1d6d20bc05070304532e9b1fb9@mail.gmail.com> References: <200506290818.j5T8IELL002348@peedub.jennejohn.org> <42C3F72E.9070902@speakeasy.net> <8f55402905063018441217c95a@mail.gmail.com> <20050701015457.GC4460@dragon.NUXI.org> <42C5220B.1000203@crossflight.co.uk> <1d6d20bc050701065367a01e8b@mail.gmail.com> <20050701172139.GA25916@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <42C587EC.7030203@samsco.org> <1d6d20bc05070304532e9b1fb9@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.11 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 44, in=74, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.119.122.41 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 X2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 17:47:47 -0000 On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 19:53:48 +0800 Jia-Shiun Li wrote: > On 7/2/05, Scott Long wrote: > > The Asus A8V-E series also does not work. Asus claims that it's a > > limitation of the Via K8T890 chipset, which is highly unfortunate > > since it's otherwise a good motherboard. Not sure whether to be > > upset at Asus or Via here, but either way I guess both suck =-) > > That's part of the reason why I did not choose AMD. Although I > wanted to build an x86-64 capable system and I have absolutely not > doubt that AMD did a good job, how to choose motherboard was a big > question to me. Especially being experienced with KT133A and > VT62x2. So I decided to be chicken and choose (to me) safer Intel > P4 531 and P5GD1 board. Playing it safe and not buying hardware with VIA or Sil chipsets works nicely. :) > BTW Intel and AMD already decided to let all CPUs support > x86-64(mostly for marketing purposes), including P4 5x1 series, > Celeron D 3x1/3x6 series, and Sempron. Intel ones already arrived > the market. So expect more traffics discussing it. Meanwhile the > name AMD64 could be misleading to some people who did not really > understand the differences. ;)